From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 10 8:54:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.ops.uunet.co.za (axl.ops.uunet.co.za [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF3A337BAEE for ; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:54:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.ops.uunet.co.za) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.ops.uunet.co.za) by axl.ops.uunet.co.za with local-esmtp (Exim 3.13 #1) id 12egVt-000OU1-00; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 17:54:09 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Andrew Pinkham Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: unix In-reply-to: Your message of "Sun, 09 Apr 2000 17:58:32 -0400." <385240411.955317512089.JavaMail.root@web37.pub01> Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 17:54:09 +0200 Message-ID: <94116.955382049@axl.ops.uunet.co.za> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, 09 Apr 2000 17:58:32 -0400, Andrew Pinkham wrote: > I have one question You have a fairly rudely worded message, given that you're directing at people who donate their free time to helping others. > why the hell do you have to make it so hard to install unix from floopy > all of it makes absolutly no sense. Almost everything in FreeBSD is developed and maintained on a volunteer basis. If the mass floppy installation is broken, it's because none of the volunteers has seen fit to maintain this part of FreeBSD. I know why _I_ wouldn't spend my time on it -- I'd sooner slap a spare disk into a machine temporarily and install off _that_ than install of floppy. I hope this puts things into perspective for you. By the way, you'll find that most FreeBSD developers will be a lot more defensive in answering this kind of antagonistic question. Next time, think about who you're talking to. :-) Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message